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Panel urges applicants to redraw connectors and roof pitches to match existing house profiles
Summary
Committee members told applicants to flatten connector roof pitches and match the house's existing profiles so the new porch and additions do not read as oversized or visually mismatched; applicants agreed to return with sketches.
Several committee members pressed applicants to revise drawings so the new additions better match existing rooflines and profiles, arguing a mismatched connector or taller new piece would read as a larger, incongruous elevation. "So just make it a more of a…" one reviewer said, urging the applicant to repeat existing motifs rather than introduce a unique, non-complementary detail; presenters agreed to flatten the connector and re-sketch the profile.
Reviewers repeatedly noted the visual stress caused when a new piece projects farther out than the existing façade and recommended redrawing the connector at a flatter pitch to reduce that prominence. The applicant said he would sketch options and return at the next meeting in two weeks to show revisions; the transcript records no formal decision or vote.
